Germany’s War on Coal Is Over. Coal Lost.

[Windparadox]

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"Bottrop sits in the Ruhr Valley, a dense stretch of towns and suburbs home to 5.5 million people. Some 500,000 miners once worked in the region’s nearly 200 mines, producing as much as 124 million tons of coal every year.

Next year, that era will come to an end when this mine closes. The Ruhr Valley is in the midst of a remarkable transformation. Coal and steel plants have fallen quiet, one by one, over the course of the last half-century. Wind turbines have sprung up among old shaft towers and coking plants as Germany strives to hit its renewable energy goals." - Source

Ancillary - “Reducing costs:” We Energies to shut down coal-fired Pleasant Prairie Power Plant in early 2018 - Another one bites the dust
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The world is slowly getting away from coal. This is good news.
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[Penelope]

Not for Trump. He lives in another universe. I think he is pushing for the insanity plea or ignorance plea.

 

[SavannahMann]

The future today is the same as it was in the 1950’s. Nuclear Power. Zero Greenhouse Gasses. It works when the wind blows, and it works when the wind is still. It works at night, as well as during the day. If it is overcast, it works. If it is rainy, it works.

Fusion may be the distant future, but for now, we have the answer, and the answer is one we’ll never really embrace.

 

[Bleipriester]

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"Bottrop sits in the Ruhr Valley, a dense stretch of towns and suburbs home to 5.5 million people. Some 500,000 miners once worked in the region’s nearly 200 mines, producing as much as 124 million tons of coal every year.

Next year, that era will come to an end when this mine closes. The Ruhr Valley is in the midst of a remarkable transformation. Coal and steel plants have fallen quiet, one by one, over the course of the last half-century. Wind turbines have sprung up among old shaft towers and coking plants as Germany strives to hit its renewable energy goals." - Source

Ancillary - “Reducing costs:” We Energies to shut down coal-fired Pleasant Prairie Power Plant in early 2018 - Another one bites the dust
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The world is slowly getting away from coal. This is good news.
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That era has ended years ago. We still get 40 % of our energy from coal but we buy it abroad. Those sad unemployed faces in the Ruhrgebiet were left without alternative.

 

[dannyboys]

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"Bottrop sits in the Ruhr Valley, a dense stretch of towns and suburbs home to 5.5 million people. Some 500,000 miners once worked in the region’s nearly 200 mines, producing as much as 124 million tons of coal every year.

Next year, that era will come to an end when this mine closes. The Ruhr Valley is in the midst of a remarkable transformation. Coal and steel plants have fallen quiet, one by one, over the course of the last half-century. Wind turbines have sprung up among old shaft towers and coking plants as Germany strives to hit its renewable energy goals." - Source

Ancillary - “Reducing costs:” We Energies to shut down coal-fired Pleasant Prairie Power Plant in early 2018 - Another one bites the dust
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The world is slowly getting away from coal. This is good news.
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Tell that to China and India.
If you can find them b/c of the coal based manufacturing pollution in the air.